Name

Specialty

Position

Samuel S. Ahn, M.D., MBA

Endovascular specialist

President
University Vascular Associates
Vascular Management Associates
Los Angeles, California

Barry J. Byrne, M.D., Ph.D.

Preclinical research

Professor and Associate Chair of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Juan C. Chachques, M.D., Ph.D.

Preclinical research

Director of Surgical and Clinical Research
Broussais and Pompidou Hospitals
Paris, France

Ray Chiu, M.D., Ph.D.

Preclinical research

Professor of Surgery
McGill University
Quebec, Canada

Nicolas Chronos, M.D., MRCP, FACC, FESC, FAHA

Interventional cardiology

Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
American Cardiovascular Research Institute
Atlanta, Georgia

Eric Crumpler, Ph.D.

Preclinical research

Assistant Professor of Bioreactors, Bioengineering, and Biomaterials
Florida International University
Miami, Florida

Edward Diethrich, M.D.

Cardiac surgery and endovascular specialist

Director
Arizona Heart Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Stephen G. Ellis, M.D.

Interventional cardiology

Director
Sones Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Jorge Genovese, M.D.

Preclinical research

Research Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Miranda Grounds, Ph.D.

Preclinical research

Professor, School of Anatomy and Human Biology
The University of Western Australia
Crawley, Western Australia

Richard Ham, Ph.D.

Preclinical research and cell-

culturing

Professor Emeritus of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado

Richard Heuser, M.D.

Interventional cardiology

Director of Cardiology
Phoenix Heart Institute
Phoenix, Arizona

Race L. Kao, Ph.D.

Preclinical research and cell- culturing

Professor and Carroll H. Long Chair of Excellence for Surgical Research
James H. Ouillen College of Medicine
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee

Barry T. Katzen, M.D.

Interventionist and endovascular

specialist

Medical Director of the Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute and Clinical Professor of Radiology University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida

Wendell King

Preclinical research

Chairman, Gateway Alliance II (consulting firm)
St. Paul, Minnesota

Inventor of biological pacemaker

George J. Magovern, M.D.

Cardiac surgery

Retired Chairman
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Allegheny Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Keith March, M.D., Ph.D.

Preclinical research

Director
Indiana University Center for Vascular Biology
Indianapolis, Indiana

James Margolis, M.D.

Interventional cardiology

Director of Cardiovascular Research and Education
Miami International Cardiology Consultants
Miami, Florida

Dr. P.A. Merrifield

Preclinical research

Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Western Ontario
Ontario, Canada

Dr. Christopher M. O'Connor

Congestive heart failure and ischemic heart disease

Director, Duke Heart Failure Program
Associate Director, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Harold Ott, M.D., Ph.D.

Preclinical research

Research Associate, Center for Cardiovascular Repair
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Marc Penn, M.D., Ph.D.

Preclinical Research

Medical Director, Coronary Intensive Care Unit Director, Experimental Animal Laboratory and Associated Director
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Nicholas S. Peters, M.D., Ph.D.

Electrophysiology

Professor of Cardiology
Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology
St. Mary's Hospital and Imperial College
University of London, UK

Director of Electrophysiology Research
American Cardiovascular Research Institute
Atlanta, Georgia

Philip Poole- Wilson, M.D., Ph.D

Heart failure specialist

Professor of Cardiology
National Heart and Lung Institute

Faculty of Medicine,
Imperial College London
Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals
London, England

Felipe Prósper, Ph.D.

Preclinical Research

Associate Professor of Medicine
Universidad de Navarra

Attending Physician, Hematology and Cell Therapy Area
Navarra, Spain

Dr. Sergio Pinski

Cardiology and electrophysiology

Head, Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology
Department of Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida

Stephen Ramee, M.D.

Interventional Cardiology

Director
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana

Camillo Ricordi, M.D.

Preclinical research and cell culturing

Stacy Joy Goodman Professor of Surgery and Medicine
Chief of the Division of Cellular Transplantation
Scientific Director and Chief Academic Officer
Diabetes Research Institute
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Robert S. Schwartz, M.D.

Preclinical research

Research Cardiologist
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Warren Sherman, M.D., FACC

Interventional cardiology

Director of Medical Education and Associate Director Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York

Doris A. Taylor, Ph.D.

Article
Dr. Doris Taylor - Heart Maker

Medtronic Bakken Chair
and Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Repair
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Syde A. Taheri, M.D.

Preclinical Research

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon
Millard Fillmore Hospital
Buffalo, New York

Robert Van Tassel, M.D.

Interventional cardiology

Senior Consultant in Cardiology
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Stuart Williams, Ph.D.

Preclinical Research

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Physiology, and Material Science Engineering
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Tucson, Arizona

Zachariah P. Zachariah, M.D.

Interventional cardiology

Cardiologist
Holy Cross Hospital
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida